Photo provided by Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. - Two portable meth labs, methamphetamine and chemical ingredients for the labs were discovered in a vehicle Jan. 30, 2015 by the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. Three parish residents were arrested in connection with the incident.

Three arrested in Ascension Parish after deputies find methamphetamine in their vehicle

Photo provided by Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. - Two portable meth labs, methamphetamine and chemical ingredients for the labs were discovered in a vehicle Jan. 30, 2015 by the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office. Three parish residents were arrested in connection with the incident.

GONZALES — Three people were arrested Friday when they were stopped for a traffic violation and deputies found two portable meth labs inside their car, Ascension Parish Chief Deputy Tony Bacala said.

In the traffic stop, which was made after the three left a pharmacy outside of Gonzales, detectives searched the vehicle and found methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia, the chemical components used to make methamphetamine and Suboxone, a medicine used to treat opiate addiction, Bacala said in a news release.

Cynthia Roshto, 55, Phil Baker Jr., 46, and Denise Babin, 44, were booked into Ascension Parish Jail, each on two counts of creation of a clandestine lab, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia, Bacala said in a news release.

Roshto, 12380 Deck Blvd., Geismar, also was booked on possession of the controlled drug Suboxone.

All three remained in jail as of Monday afternoon. Bail was set at $100,369.50 for Roshto and $75,369.50 for both Baker, 12120 Buster Road, St. Amant; and Babin, 13058 George Rouyea Road, Gonzales, the Sheriff’s Office report said.